Gold pendant ornament Mixtec style, Oaxaca, Mexico, A.D.1400-1500 The Mixteca were supreme artists in gold and lapidary work. This small mask, with the face of beaten plate and cast pendant ear ornaments, resembles some of the magnificent gold items…
Silver chain, with pendant, disc and movable sliding knobs ornamented with filigree work in silver gilt. Garnet in the centre of the disc. Probably used as an incense censer chain. Found in 1735 under floor of the library of Marischal College and…
Neck-pendant, obverse represents figure with eyes inlaid with mother of pearl, cord in plaited vegetable fibre, toggle made of bird bone and decorated with incised hatching. Inscription: Label, ink, back: The E Tiki or Heir loom of the New…